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For me there is something indescribably awesome about the below video that I just cant seem to capture with words. As I watch a shiver moves slowly up my spine, my eyes widen and my breathing quickens. It’s as if the ghosts of my primordial forebearers sleeping dormant within kilometers of DNA coding within me, within the cells of this body, within the nuclei of each of the 100 trillion cells, are awoken.

This month in Scientific American an article appeared discussing the new thinking on refined carbohydrates, saturated fat and heart disease. The article reports that despite 30 years of reducing saturated fat consumption the obesity rate has more than doubled, diabetes has tripled, and heart disease is still America’s biggest killer.

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